You are all such wonderful women! Pud, thank you for your kind words; I literally blushed. I don't know that I can say I love the changes that have come my way, but I have learned to live with the "new" normal. To adapt.
Bright, I agree with you. I do hope that one day he realizes what he did and what he lost. And I hope your H does, too.
Long distance was hard enough but I thought we had made it work. Instead Skippy took it as a free pass to abuse my trust. And the NC is hard isn't it? Especially because it stops and starts.
But I am actively training myself not to go there. I keep saying to myself - don't look back, don't look back!